Transom-operator



H. G. VOIGHT AND A. A. PAGE.

TRANSOM OPERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1916.

Patented June 10, 1919.

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H. G. VOIGHT AND A. A. PAGE. TRANSOM OPERATOR. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1916.

TED sTATEs PATENT oFFIQ HENRY e. voIeirT, or NEWrRITAIN, AND ALBERT A. PAGE, or EAST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS To SARGENT.& COMPANY, or NEW HAVEN, CON- NECTICUT, A CORPORATION or CONNECTICUT.

TRANSOM-OPERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

i Application filed October 13, 1916. Serial No. 125,363.-

To all whom it may concern. I

Be it known that we, HENRY G. Vo1cHT,o New Britain, Hartford county, State of Connecticut, and ALBERT .A. PAGE, of East,

Haven, New Haven county, State of Connecticut, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Transom-Operators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to transom operating devices, and it has particular reference to transomoperators in which the main operating parts are within thedoor casing.

One of the primary objects of the invention is the provision of a transom operator of the concealed type, which is extremely simple in construction, and which can be produced at a very low cost. Y I

Another ob'ectof the invention is to provide a deviee. in .whichthe transom can be very quickly adjusted to the desiredposition, and wherein the transom when, once adjusted to that position will "be veryfirmly held in place. i To these and, other ends, the invention consists in the novel features and combinations of. parts to be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the. accompanyin drawings,

Figure 1 is a front e ovation of a portion of a door frame and transom to which our improvements are applied; 7 j A Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation on a larger scale, with certain parts broken away; I

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are side elevations ofthe parts shown in Fig. .2, showing the transom adjusted to different po-sitions; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged front elevation of the upper portion of the transom operator.

In the embodiment illustrated, the transom 10 of usual constructionis located in the upper part of a door frame in the customary manner, and the transom operating means is housed for the most part in the door; casing 11. This-operatingmeans includes. a flat mounting plate 12, which may be conveniently attached to the inside of the door casing by screws 13, adjacent the upper portion of the dooropening. This plate is 'rela tively short, extending from a point slightly above the lower edge of the transom .toa point not very faribelow the lower edge of the transom. Near its upper end, the plate 12 carries a journal block 14 which serves as a bearing for a rock shaft 15, by means of which the transom 10 is manipulated. This rock shaft extends through anopening in the plate 12 and through a sleeve 16 which is carried by the plate at the rear or undersurface thereof and forms an additional hearing for the shaft. The sleeve is located in a suitable opening or out away portion 17 of the door frame (Fig. 2), and the shaft extends through the frame and carries at its inner end a crank or arm 18 secured to the edge of the transom. Preferably, the arm part thereof, the lower end of said plate being near the lower edge of the transom, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The arm or plate 18 is secured in the mortise in the transom edge by screwsor other suitable fastening members 19. The inner end of the shaft is suitably locked to the arm 18 and the shaft then inserted in the bearing in the mounting plate, after which said-shaft is locked against lengthwise displacement in its bearing by a cotter pin 20 or the like at its outer en It will be understood that by the construction described, the rock shaft forms in effect a swinging trunnion fixed to the transom and operating in an. opening in the door frame at one side of the transom. At the opposite side of the transom,-the same is swingingly supported in the door frame by a plain trunnion and socket (in line with the rock shaft), which we have not considered it necessary to illustrate. The rock shaft 15 and the transom carried thereby are operated by means of a depending swinging arm 21 mounted on the outer end of the rock shaft. In theparticular embodiment shown, the outer end of this shaft is of square crosssection and the upper end ofthe arm 21 has a square. opening conforming to the square portion of the shaft beneath the cotter pin, so thatthe parts are effectively interlocked. The arm or crank 21 is actuated by mechanism mounted on the lowerpart of the plate 12 In the embodiment shown, this mechanism; includes a bar 22 adapted to slide in a substantially vertical direction when actuated by a knob'23 or the like at the crank 0 UOOW 61 4: pi l y n ed; on the" plate'at 26. Thefpivot 26 located'at the elbow of thislever'. ,Atlts' other end, the lever 25 is pivoted at 27"tea" ab'ntnient 31' applied to the lower portioh' 'of n attire bf'ai plate'havinga ronnded em'away por't'ion "t-o eonfornnwtlle ldvver end of the slide, and in whielr such lewer en d 'dfiithe slide 'eanf be seatedl A-""11e1iea1'*=-spring 32' is "Connected at o'he en'd'ito post 33' on" the lower artef the base plategand at up pei enctit "is-fastened to wp'ost 34 "on "the s1i'de 22i This' spring i1rge s"'the sli'd'efl in a downward direction anaemia-M1 151 "holds its loWefend-"in theseat afforded by the lower; stopmeinbefrslfi. e a At the Iowa-end tithe slide;theilmobqg is be'di'1y eemi'ectecrtherewith newer-a ri izgl knob ='s1mnk='-3'5' entenflingmerit/malty froni'theki'iob into a' lateiarp oje'etien 36 'orf the slidefin which" projetioii thefinner eiid' entire kneb'sp'intlle' is"'rigi'd1 seure& by means of 'a {phi-or "otherwise? T11e-"spi&id1e 35 off-the? slidinglitfta'b' extends thron-gh a $106 37 the --easing="efflier door fraine, which permits the knob to .haveWhG heQeS sary up' anddo'ivnunoveinent: Th easing is trimmed Eiib'flhd the Slot 87 'by"nieans; dif a s'i'lit'a'ble esciitclieon'38, and tl'ieslot is closed at the rear" oft'hebasing meniber by nieans of a sliding -1ate's9;-e1nen has'ws uare hole I fitting over thesqnar 'knob spindle sothat The slide 22* is ,provid'ednearits lower end of lever rne'chanisrii Ol f toggle iiiechanisrh connecti'ng the'arm 21 with the slide 22*are in line with each other transversely of the ,12 ther eby providing deadcenter,

VI \vo1 ds., link 28 and the elbow lever 25 ingrthe "slidei'22 iupwvardlyethnongh' actnation e of-"th'esli'dingkhob 23. 'r'As tlie lnob is slifted fronithe position shown' in v-Eig. '3 ethersl-ide 22is raised iin -the blip 60m The-inclined suntlre'lbwei'end of "th'eslitletoithe'ileftwith res spect to Fig. 3, While therupperrend ismov'edabout-ithe' ='pivot 2610i? the-hell crankg iso that th'empper and lower ends? of"-the' '=';shdeare in'aintained in ap'proximate vertical; ah nee menti atthe same time that-itheslide shifts in'g the transonnto a 'sl ightlya openepesition by actuatien efitheamr 221'. ilfsit isitdesired 23 is released' imthe positionishown in Rig.

e; se= t 1ratt-1re' uppemmostineteh 4L1 wither-n: gage the stop 42, and thereby loeklthefparts in positionsspring wtnds behold the sto" 142 engaged with the notehiitiis desir d t'o open the tra nsoin twahgreatee exe tent, the knob is pulled forwardlyefromthe position shownsin Figi fi andi therrlllifited se as tq give the roperating arin rfilmand the transom "a iii'irtfher swinging DIOWQTDOIl h When the transom has wbeen' opened to the desired e'xtent,*- it can he locked in the adjusted position by engi ing one of the notches 4:1,With the stop 42 as will gbe ufiderstoew transomag in; the sl ideiisj-inovect one of en gageliienWWit-h the! "cerresponding iwteh "by pfllling the knohontward it a slight extent, Whereiipon the 's'pi -iing 32 by c arl'ying the slidedown-War 1 ill s\ving=-the transom back (:I. ts -theelesed positienr ais this eecurs, the knob lnovesdownward to theloyver end'of itsll'slo fll 1'; arm-' ei'ioes r lb it ;;-A"pino1i---*the upper pertien 02E he base plateis engaged by the upper end of the s'l'idePtol'i'ini-t the upward inoveii'ient of the latter? Whemhe slide strikesthis pin; the

emp es opposite the lowermostznotoh ll so that on" pushing theilmeb inwards after it has fbeen' raised to "th'e'+lin*iitoffits' movefinentf' it will lo'ek ithe tbanso'm 5 inthew posit-i *tion corresponding to thehxaximuni open 1 g; --ni-;- we? 31- Various changes may be made in the details of the construction, without departing from the scope of our invention as defined in the claims.

What we claim is: 1. In a transom operator, the combination of a base plate, a swinging operating arm having a swivel mountingin said base plate, a slide mounted on the face of said base plate to move in a substantially vertical direction, a toggle connection between said slide and said operating arm positioned to have its knuckle moved to the dead center position as the transom reaches its closed position, whereby the transom is locked in the closed position, means for raising and lowering said slide, and a spring acting on the slide to normally hold the transom in the closed position. Y

2. In a transom operator, the combination of a base plate, a rock shaft journaled therein, an arm carried by said rock shaft and operatively secured thereto, an elbow lever mounted on said base plate, a link connecting said elbow lever with said arm and cooperating with said elbow lever to form a toggle, and means for operating said elbow lever, comprising a vertically movable slide; substantially as described.

3. In a transom operator, the combination of a base plate, a rock shaft journaled therein, an arm rigid on said shaft, a slide on the base plate for operating said arm, means for operating said slide, and a toggle lever con nection between said slide and said arm comprising an elbow lever mounted on the base plate having one leg operatively con nected to said slide and alink for connecting the other leg to said rigid arm; substantially as described.

4:. In a transom operator, the combination of a transom, a crank operating lever rigidly secured to said transom, a longitudinally adjustable slide, and a toggle connection between said slide and said crank lever, said toggle having one of its arms pivotally se- 1 cured to said crank arm and its other arm mounted upon a fixed pivot and constructed to have its toggle knuckle moved to the dead center position between said pivots as the transom reaches its closed position, whereby the transom is locked in its closed position.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands on the 11th day of October, 1916.

HENRY G. VOIGHT. ALBERT A. PAGE.

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